濫用

See also: 滥用

Chinese

		excessive; indiscriminate	to use
trad. (濫用)		濫	用
simp. (滥用)		滥	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lànyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁶ jung⁶, laam⁵ jung⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lām-iōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁷ êng⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lànyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lànyòng
    • Wade–Giles: lan⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: làn-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lannyonq
    • Palladius: ланьюн (lanʹjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁶ jung⁶, laam⁵ jung⁶
    • Yale: laahm yuhng, láahm yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁶ jung⁶, laam⁵ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁶ yung⁶, lam⁵ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²² jʊŋ²²/, /laːm¹³ jʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lām-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: lām-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laxm'iong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁷ êng⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lām ēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam¹¹ eŋ¹¹/

Verb

濫用

1. to abuse; to misuse

   濫用權力／滥用权力  ―  lànyòng quánlì  ―  to abuse one's power

   濫用職權／滥用职权  ―  lànyòng zhíquán  ―  to abuse one's authority

Synonyms

• 亂用／乱用 (luànyòng)
• 誤用／误用 (wùyòng)

Derived terms

• 濫用藥物／滥用药物 (lànyòng yàowù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
濫	用
らん Grade: S	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 濫用 – see the following entry.

【乱用らんよう】 [noun] misuse, abuse [noun] overuse [verb] to misuse, to abuse [verb] to overuse

(This term, 濫用, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
濫	用

Noun

濫用 • (namyong) (hangeul 남용)

1. Hanja form^? of 남용 (“abuse”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
濫	用

Verb

濫用

1. chữ Hán form of lạm dụng (“to abuse”).